Museum number:
| APM 9.900 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| ornamental pipe |
Keyword:
| "PIPES GAMBIER", presentation pipe |
Description:
Window display or presentation pipe made of clay with a beaker shaped fantasy pipe bowl on a flat base and an up going stem with a plain stub. Bowl front a cartouche with rollers in a-symmetrical contour on which "PIPES GAMBIER", on the left a standing woman and on the right a standing man, both in work clothes, the man with a short pipe in his hand. Bowl base a sitting boy, also with a pipe. Bowl opening around four hollow shells with short pipes. At the back medals of an industrial exhibition, on the right-hand description "PRODUITS DE LA .... AGRICOLE ET MANUFACTRE", "EXPOSITION NATIONAL 1849". Medal left sitting virgin en face with "REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE". Painted enamel in red, green, yellow, blue and white. |
Date:
| Period | 1849 - 1855 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 5.98 in (15.2 cm) |
| Width | 2.95 in (7.5 cm) | |
| Weight | 670 gram |
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | fantasy |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | email, vijf kleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ardennes |
| Town | Givet |
| Maker | Gambier |
| Year | 1988 |
| Provenance | Luik, collectie Guy Lesire, c. 1972-1988 |
| Luik, antiekhandel, c. 1972 |
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 34, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 34, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Benedict Goes, De Franse figuurpijp in de negentiende eeuw. Amsterdam, 2010. afb 262. Dit exemplaar. |
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine 19de eeuw, december 1988 - 31 december 1993. |
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999. |
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